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In the middle of Sinai Peninsula, rises a sacred mountain, 1,586 m high (about 5,203 ft) heading to the deep sky pointing to God. It’s where God talked to Moses while people of Israel were leaving Egypt, and gave him the Ten Commandments as... [Read More]

The effect of King Ramses the Great or Ramses II, is vividly noticeable around Egypt. You can find his best masterpiece at Abu Simbel, and some of his prints at Karnak Temple, and of course, you can not miss the Ramesseum. The Ramesseum is a... [Read More]

Wadi el-Seboua, translated in English to the Valley of the Lions, it can also be pronounced as Wadi Es-Sebua. The Arabs named it after the Sphinx-lined that are located before the entrance of the Temple; it is from the New Kingdom Egyptian temples.... [Read More]

Walking through Egypt’s cities and villages, you’ll always find a piece of history telling stories about our ancestors; and Esna is not an exception. Esna is a small city on the west bank of the Nile where you can find the Temple of Esna or the... [Read More]

In Egypt, there are more than 200 pyramids, not only the famous ones at Giza, some of them are still in good shape, some are not, but they all have great archeological importance. Hawara Pyramid is one of the Egyptian heritages from Pyramids;... [Read More]

A small village, 245 Km south of Cairo, near to what we know now by the Minya governorate, lays on the east bank of the Nile. This village is not for people to live in, but it was a necropolis from the Middle Kingdom (21st to 17th centuries BCE),... [Read More]

On the south edge of the Sinai Peninsula, lay down Sharm El Sheikh. A magical spot on the Red sea, 500 km far away from Cairo, where a population of 75000 is taking place, mainly working in the tourism field, as it's widely known by its beautiful... [Read More]

Egypt is full of unique magical places that are so hard to find in other countries. Some are made thousands of years ago, and some are a gift from Mother Nature. Among these gifts are the Oases that lay in the vast desert of Egypt, with their... [Read More]

Once upon a time during the Ptolemaic and Roman Period in Ancient Egypt, there was a city called Hermoplis Magna or, as it was called Khnum, lays in the North-western boundary of Akhenaten's city Akhetaten. About 11 Km away from the city laid the... [Read More]

Tell El Amarna is the only Egyptian ancient city that preserved great details from its internal plan. Its name comes from the Beni Amran tribe that lived in the region, but the ancient name of the city was Akhetaten. The name of the city in ancient... [Read More]